ML24012221
Herring/Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus argentatus/fuscus
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Location
- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
This gull gave me fits. It looks really good for just a 1st cycle Lesser Black-backed but the bill and bill end look very big to me. In comparison to the Herring it looks bigger or at the very least as big. Half the time I see a Lesser Black-backed I think it looks almost as big or as big as a Herring which always bugs me since the books say they are the size of a California. I considered Western Gull as well, given the size and the bill feel like they fit really well, but I haven't heard of a Western having this much white on the head. I now think it is possible that I'm over thinking this gull which is complicating a possible confident ID. Maybe I'll just give it up and call it a hybrid, just kidding but maybe. Any thoughts or help on this bird are welcome.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 60D
- Lens
- 200-500mm
- ISO
- 800
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/10.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/1600 sec
- Dimensions
- 3085 pixels x 2057 pixels
- Original file size
- 4.03 MB